A while back there was a Fangraph’s post by none other than the wizard, the genius, the savant, the most intelligent baseball mind in the world, Dave Cameron, calling for Howry to be made a CLOSER on a contender.

Despite all the moves today, the Cubs improved their team the most with their addition by subtraction. At least now we can see what our young arms are made of instead of ceding games with Howry on the mound

Cubs make the move of the day! I honestly think all Cubs fans are now happier than any Yankee fan about getting Berkman. Now we can see what our young arms can do instead of ceding games with Bob Howry on the mound. This is addition by subtraction at is purest.

I got called out on here for criticizing the Howry signing. It wasn’t the downfall of the season, obviously, but he was absolutely no help, and the time and resources spent on his acquisition would have been much better spent elsewhere.